Testimonies of Healing

The pathway from sense to Soul is not without moments of sorrow, but it is a most satisfying path to follow. Our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, writes (Science and Health, p.

It was through a student of Christian Science who worked in the same office as I did that I became interested in this Science. At that time, among other problems, I was suffering from migraine headaches, which were becoming more frequent and of longer duration and for which I had tried various remedies but had had no relief.

More than thirty-six years ago I was stricken with an attack of acute appendicitis. I was rushed to the hospital and operated upon.

My first testimony was published in the Christian Science Sentinel of October 17, 1931. Since then, I have had many more proofs of the healing and protecting power of God, as taught in Christian Science; and I again wish to avail myself of the opportunity to share my gratitude through the channel of our periodicals.

The story of my life before coming to Christian Science was one of constant illnesses, operations, limitation, and self-pity; but now my whole life leans on what Mary Baker Eddy says in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p. 277 ), "No evidence before the material senses can close my eyes to the scientific proof that God, good, is supreme.

My first healing in Christian Science came after I had enrolled in the Sunday School. As a child, I had suffered from a complication of diseases.

I found Christian Science in a state penitentiary twenty-six years ago while serving a life sentence for second-degree murder. I had completed five years of the sentence when a lung condition developed which caused hemorrhages.

When I think that many years have passed since I received healings in Christian Science and that only now I am recording my testimony, I wonder why I have waited so long before committing my thoughts to paper. I was born with my feet twisted, and over a period of seven years I was taken frequently by my parents to the local branch of the cripples' guild for medical attention.

While serving in the Army, I was led to use Christian Science more than I ever had before. It all started when I was in a reception center waiting to be assigned to a camp for basic training.

Many years ago, when I was a girl scarcely in my teens, I witnessed a wonderful healing of my mother by Christian Science treatment. She was freed from distressing paralytic conditions to which she had become subject and developed into a strong, energetic, and capable woman.